It's just plane stupidity and not paying attention - I chalk this up to the level of the lady that put the McDonald's coffee between the legs and sued them because it was hot and burned her... well, you know. Idiots....

Also, Macrumors posted a picture showing the glass, that clearly has white markers along the whole glass at eye level.

You have fallen victim to MacDonalds PR damage control. Try finding information about the whole issue of MacDonalds and coffee temperature that has not been spun by paid PR people. It is sad that paid liars tend to prevail because so much money is at their disposal.

She wasn't paying adequate attention. By definition, if she were, then she wouldn't have had the problem (unless of course it was deliberate, in which case this is all moot, since then it'd be a case of her making a fraudulent claim).

The doors & walls are NOT invisible - thousands of people see those glass walls and walk through those glass doors every day without colliding with them. The <average> person (who's paying proper attention to their surroundings) doesn't have a problem with these things.

Claiming that she should get special consideration because she's 83 and has bad eyesight is bunk - if she has bad eyesight, then the onus is on her to pay extra attention and use more care when moving about. It shouldn't be anyone else' responsibility to be her keeper - not you, me or even Apple. If a blind woman walked into the glass doors because she couldn't be bothered to use her cane to suss out the boundaries of the object in her environment (in other words, apply the necessary attention to navigating the world, and taking her limitations into consideration) - then that would be considered negligence on her part. This is EXACTLY the same.

It's her responsibility to pay sufficient and necessary attention to her surroundings. She didn't - if she had, then we're back to my initial assertions...

Not the same. By age 80, >50% of us have some level of dementia. Look up alzheimers.

The sad thing here is the world moves by so fast, that there is no caretaker for this lady. She, like so many many others is out there trying to do whatever she thinks she needs to do, however addled it may be. Where's her relatives? Busy with their own lives. She probably drives daily, a truly horrendous thought. I hope when I'm 80 there is pod transportation so that I need not drive.

As a caretaker for an 88 yo, I cringe at the things I was unaware of 10 years earlier. I don't know what the answer is, but 80 yo people need a lift to the Dr. And the store. It's too hard for many of us to do with work and kids. This is something society will have to wrestle with in coming years.

What is really factored into the price is a kind of perpetual sense of disbelief that any company could be as good as Apple is. ~Retrogusto

"I've run into glass and the only thing hurt was my pride" - ah, so your sample of one rules out the possibility of *anyone* *ever* getting physically injured walking into glass.

"Any idiot can tell the glass is there" - the large number of people stating that they've walked into glass on this forum itself illustrates otherwise.

The fact is, accidents happen. Sometimes they happen due to the fault of the one injured, and sometimes due to another party. A court will hear both parties' cases (if it even goes to trial), and then will allocate responsibility. All the rest of you are just armchair whiners who need to shut up.

Apple undoubtedly has third-party liability insurance for this sort of event

In the UK it's called Public Liability Insurance. If a person is injured on your property or is damaged because of your business, you could be liable for related costs such as compensation and damages. If that happens the insurance company will pay out. Every Retailer in the UK has this type of insurance. I'm sure they must have something similar in the US.

Some people on this board talk as if they've never seen an octogenarian in their life. She could have limited vision, walking problems, and be quite short and/or stooped over. MANY people are like this in their advanced years. It's incredibly callous to assume she has the visual acuity of someone much younger.

She walked into a glass door. I have done this myself before, and likely many of the ridiculous Apple apologists have too. Unfortunately and dangerously at age 80 she broke her nose. This is something that in this day and age a company can easily foresee happening, especially when there is a rapidly growing population of seniors. The company should have taken care to ensure that those doors could be seen by everyone - not just some 30 something with excellent vision. Now it will, and should, pay.

There will be a reasonable settlement for this I'm sure, and it will be a mistake that Apple will likely take great care not to repeat.

"I've run into glass and the only thing hurt was my pride" - ah, so your sample of one rules out the possibility of *anyone* *ever* getting physically injured walking into glass.

"Any idiot can tell the glass is there" - the large number of people stating that they've walked into glass on this forum itself illustrates otherwise.

My daughters are 6 1/2 and 4 and last summer we were at a friend's house and she has 2 different doors leading to her back deck. Glass doors and sliding screen doors. I warned the kids several times about the different doors and not to just run thru them, besides being worried about tripping and crashing into some of Zoi's nice things. At one point in the night they were running after their cousins and my youngest ran face first into the screen door and bounced off of it. She had hit face first and her nose was a bit red, but she was fine. It was an odd combination of being concerned and trying to get out of my chair and hurry to check on her (as I had been sitting facing the door and saw her from behind as it happened) and trying not to fall down myself as I was busy laughing once I made sure she was ok.

So far the main thing I am hearing in this thread is old people, young people and drunk people are the most likely to walk into things like this. Sounds about right to me. Apple already takes measures to show the glass is there. I'm sorry some people can't be bothered to pay attention. This case will go nowhere.

Some people on this board talk as if they've never seen an octogenarian in their life. She could have limited vision, walking problems, and be quite short and/or stooped over. MANY people are like this in their advanced years. It's incredibly callous to assume she has the visual acuity of someone much younger.

She walked into a glass door. I have done this myself before, and likely many of the ridiculous Apple apologists have too. Unfortunately and dangerously at age 80 she broke her nose. This is something that in this day and age a company can easily foresee happening, especially when there is a rapidly growing population of seniors. The company should have taken care to ensure that those doors could be seen by everyone - not just some 30 something with excellent vision. Now it will, and should, pay.

There will be a reasonable settlement for this I'm sure, and it will be a mistake that Apple will likely take great care not to repeat.

I would tend to agree with you. Apple like any retailer has a duty of care to provide a safe retail environment in line with health and safety regulations. That includes disabled access and making sure the retail unit is safe. If you put up a clear glass wall you must ensure that there is adequate signage to warn people that it's a glass wall. I know it sounds stupid but the law is there to protect everyone, including those with impaired vision. Providing she didn't do it deliberately this lady has a case for damages and compensation. I suspect Apple will simply settle out of court for a more "reasonable sum" and claim the money back on their insurance.

I would tend to agree with you. Apple like any retailer has a duty of care to provide a safe retail environment in line with health and safety regulations. That includes disabled access and making sure the retail unit is safe. If you put up a clear glass wall you must ensure that there is adequate signage to warn people that it's a glass wall. I know it sounds stupid but the law is there to protect everyone, including those with impaired vision. Providing she didn't do it deliberately this lady has a case for damages and compensation. I suspect Apple will simply settle out of court for a more "reasonable sum" and claim the money back on their insurance.

Of course Apple has an obligation to provide a safe retail environment. The fact that millions of people walk through the doors every year without breaking their noses is pretty strong evidence that Apple does so.

Apple does NOT have an obligation to prevent harm to people who are negligent and who are too oblivious to the world around them to avoid walking into a door.

"I'm way over my head when it comes to technical issues like this"Gatorguy 5/31/13

No comment on the legal aspects of this, but it seems to me that this represents bad store UI design on Apple's part. They should have something (other than lame white stickers) that artistically and subtly makes it clear to users of their stores that there is a wall of glass to be avoided.

Here's an idea -- have some kind of proximity sensor that triggers a reaction by the glass -- it could become temporarily opaque as someone approaches. That would be cool. (note that I have no idea how to make that happen technically, but I'm sure somebody at Apple does -- those guys have the smartness).

That is a very good idea! You could have arrows that point to the door.

"I've run into glass and the only thing hurt was my pride" - ah, so your sample of one rules out the possibility of *anyone* *ever* getting physically injured walking into glass.

"Any idiot can tell the glass is there" - the large number of people stating that they've walked into glass on this forum itself illustrates otherwise.

The fact is, accidents happen. Sometimes they happen due to the fault of the one injured, and sometimes due to another party. A court will hear both parties' cases (if it even goes to trial), and then will allocate responsibility. All the rest of you are just armchair whiners who need to shut up.

It's not only 80 year olds that can do this. After months of having sliders on to the pool deck wide open during the winter in Florida they get closed during the day for the first time once summer arrives and the AC goes on. I can attest to the fact not only have I walked into the glass our cat does it too! We quickly learned that some decal or dangling object was needed for the first few weeks after they are closed. This is too high for the cat but after a few full running head on crashes she became far more careful

BTW... It really fracking hurts I can tell you!

This needs some mind bendingly clever Apple solution such as having lights shone in the edge of the glass somehow so as to make effects appear on the inside only that makes the glass obvious without blocking the view or light.

From Apple ][ - to new Mac Pro I've owned them all.Long on AAPL so biased"Google doesn't sell you anything, Google just sells you!"

The US legal system is now coming in the way of natural selection
Let's treat everyone like idiots, and if there is no warning, then it's not their fault
if you do that long enough, you end up with a country of idiots, who can't think for themselves. And assume if there is no warning, then it's not dangerous.
bye bye common sense

Everyone should watch the movie "Idiocracy". It was released as a comedy, but it looks more like a documentary now.

Another example of stupid minimalism by Apple! My local store doesn't even stock important basic items because the staff tell me it would clutter up the store having products for sale! The store doesn't have ANY signs either so to find out when they are going to open you have to bang on the glass until you can attract someone's attention to walk over, open the door, and tell you! I wish someone would tell them that minimalism and excellent design are not one and the same thing.

This needs some mind bendingly clever Apple solution such as having lights shone in the edge of the glass somehow so as to make effects appear on the inside only that makes the glass obvious without blocking the view or light.

Won't work. Some sap will say all the lights and displays around the door distracted their attention otherwise they wouldn't have walked into the door.

Everyone should watch the movie "Idiocracy". It was released as a comedy, but it looks more like a documentary now.

I did see that movie and loved it, but I don't agree that the world is becoming idiotic like the film suggests. What I think is happening is that, because there are more people in the world than before, there are more idiots to showcase their stupidity like our dear old lady filing the lawsuit. However, it's not all gloom and doom since the upside is that many more intelligent people exist, but you have to search for them much harder than you had to before(hint: the internet has more of the former attending the show than the later).

You have fallen victim to MacDonalds PR damage control. Try finding information about the whole issue of MacDonalds and coffee temperature that has not been spun by paid PR people. It is sad that paid liars tend to prevail because so much money is at their disposal.

That's because people don't educate themselves. Like- actually educate themselves. Not just read a forum full of other misinformed people- but read up on actual cases and learn the facts.

The truth here- like most of the law suits filed and posted on this forum- are that no facts have been presented yet. It could be a completely bogus charge, but it might be completely legitimate. But of course, no one wants to wait on actual facts and evidence to pass judgement. They'll just do that right now WITHOUT ANY evidence or facts. And they'll argue until they are blue in the face that their opinion is correct- even though, again, no evidence or facts have been presented. It's unbelievable. For everyone who says our country is stupid for allowing cases like this- I point the mirror back at you and say your are idiotic for forming an opinion before any facts are presented.

The bottom line is that no one loves truly ridiculous (or ones that can be convoluted as ridiculous) lawsuits more than the large corporations. Then they can use those minuscule fractions of fractions of law suits as the drum they beat in public (i.e. Chamber of Commerce) while they have congress pass laws that take your rights away to a fair trial. Then the people vote because "they don't agree with that case", and the millions of legitimate cases suffer in the process. Congratulations America- the corporations win (who I support in most cases), and we, the people, lose. Yay.

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It's just plane stupidity and not paying attention - I chalk this up to the level of the lady that put the McDonald's coffee between the legs and sued them because it was hot and burned her... well, you know. Idiots....

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Is she the same women who burnt her lips on HOT coffee

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Could be her sister...

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You got that right. This is right up there with the old lady spilling hot coffee on herself and suing McDonalds. USA stands for U Sue All.

That's because people don't educate themselves. Like- actually educate themselves. Not just read a forum full of other misinformed people- but read up on actual cases and learn the facts.

The fact here- like most of the law suits filed and posted on this forum- are that no facts have been presented yet. It could be a completely bogus charge, but it might be completely legitimate. But of course, no one wants to wait on actual facts and evidence to pass judgement. They'll just do that right now WITHOUT ANY evidence or facts. And they'll argue until they are blue in the face that their opinion is correct- even though, again, no evidence or facts have been presented. It's unbelievable. For everyone who says our country is stupid for allowing cases like this- I point the mirror back at you and say your are idiotic for forming an opinion before any facts are presented.

The bottom line is that no one loves truly ridiculous (or ones that can be convoluted as ridiculous) lawsuits more than the large corporations. Then they can use those minuscule fractions of fractions of law suits as the drum they beat in public (i.e. Chamber of Commerce) while they have congress pass laws that take your rights away to a fair trial. Then the people vote because "they don't agree with that case", and the millions of legitimate cases suffer in the process. Congratulations America- the corporations win (who I support in most cases), and we, the people, lose. Yay.

You made a great argument.

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Enough with the fag-talk. Your $h*ts all retarded.

Then you weakened your argument with these comments.

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Another example of stupid minimalism by Apple! My local store doesn't even stock important basic items because the staff tell me it would clutter up the store having products for sale! The store doesn't have ANY signs either so to find out when they are going to open you have to bang on the glass until you can attract someone's attention to walk over, open the door, and tell you! I wish someone would tell them that minimalism and excellent design are not one and the same thing.

Our Apple store is in a mall, so it follows mall hours. There is this wonderful invention known as the internet. You can look up individual stores and their hours there. Considering a majority of the people who post on this site seem to have at least one method of checking the net w/them at any given time, this seems pretty easy to me.

Which important items are they not stocking? At our store the walls in the back half of the store are covered with items for sale and the front half is loaded w/apple systems and handhelds as per usual.

No not case and point. Read the facts of the Hot Coffee case. I even posted a nice link for it earlier. 180-190 degree coffee caused burns over 22% of her body in 2-3 seconds, including 3rd degree to 6% of her body. The boiling point for water is 212. Sit down on something that will trap the water and pour near boiling water in your crotch and see what happens. Spilling it was her fault (which was why McDonald's was viewed as only 70% at fault), but it was significantly over the temperature it should have been served at, which was all their fault.

No not case and point. Read the facts of the Hot Coffee case. I even posted a nice link for it earlier. 180-190 degree coffee caused burns over 22% of her body in 2-3 seconds, including 3rd degree to 6% of her body. The boiling point for water is 212. Sit down on something that will trap the water and pour near boiling water in your crotch and see what happens. Spilling it was her fault (which was why McDonald's was viewed as only 70% at fault), but it was significantly over the temperature it should have been served at, which was all their fault.

Reread his comment. He's agreeing with you.

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